The Importance of Solidarity in the Army

The army is organized throughout for one single purpose fighting soldiers must be fighting men with a fighting spirit. Some of the acts of aggression by soldiers are useless to the war effort effort and actually dangerous to the army when competition between companies or regiments turns into bitter rivalry. When race prejudices are permitted to develop within a camp or when officers stooped professional jealousy the harmful results can be as bad as those dealt out by the enemy. Such conditions make rifts in the solidarity essential to the fighting morale they cause a deterioration of discipline produce a state of anxiety and insecurity among the troops, worst of all they drain off fight energy needed to bring victory.